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Show mi coKiitrr rii.K-s. j ! in Anxioii to Mi-ot Kither Solll van. Mitrhvll or Slavic in the King. Xew York, August 10. Jim Corbett, j tlie noted California pugilist, is in town j with lis wife. He intends going out ! w ith a dramatic company. In an in- j terview to-dav, the lighter said : I "I shall post a forfeit of $10,000 in ' vew York before l h-n-e, and should be ! glad to liave Sullivan, Slavin or Mit-i chell cover it. or the trio. I should prefer a chance at 1'ony Moire's boastful boast-ful son-in-law, Mitchell. Iut then, 1 am convinced thai he is not anxious to meet me. 'As. to Millivan, 1 am qu He willing to give him a chance at my money. Slavin can al-o get enough to keep himself in 'bread ami beef lor a bng time if he beats me." "How about Jackson?" was asked. 'I whipped -Jackson as fairly as any man ever defeated another. The contest con-test was stopped by the directors of the club, who had be; long odds on "lie black. The very moment the referee interrupted the proceedings, Jackson pullet off Hi gloves and hurriedly enea el out of the ring." " A'hat d) you think of Jim Hall?' "I b xed with him in Chicago, and I tell y in he is a wond r. 1 have sparred ; witli some clever men in my life, but hall is by long odds the cleverest boxer I ever tackled." "Do you think, then, he could whip FitzsimmonsV" "I do. indeed," replied the Cnlifnr-nian, Cnlifnr-nian, emphatically. |